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Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
[1990?]
Language
English
Description
In her portrait of Myra and in her excquisitely nuanced depiction of her marriage, Cather shows the evolution of a human spirit as it comes to bridle against the constraints of ordinary happiness and seek an otherworldly fulfillment. 'My Mortal Enemy' is a work whose drama and intensely moral imagination make it unforgettable.
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
An argument in support of marriage draws on historical anecdotes and modern research as well as the insights of couples to share counsel on topics ranging from infidelity and intimacy to conflicts and the views of leading skeptics.
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Language
English
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Diana Cook, born at the turn of the nineteenth century, the only daughter of Virginia gentry, agrees to marry a rich captain to save her family's land. Luckily for Diana, her union with the captain is brief and gives her a beautiful son. But after the son is grown is when the real tragedy begins.
Publisher
Allblk
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of tragedy, the four couples from the Swap Therapy experiment continue to try to find the happiness that has eluded them. Coming to terms with past trauma, discovering who they truly are the happiness that has eluded them. Coming to terms with past trauma, discovering who they truly are as individuals, and deciding if they really belong together, the answers aren't easy to find and may not be at all what they are expecting.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After completing the Swap Therapy experiment, four couples discover that the journey isn't over and they are faced with a new set of challenges that cause them to rediscover why they fell in love, but also force them to confront the ugly truths that are tearing them apart. The new three-day reprieve is supposed to guide them to their final choice to stay together or break up for good, but they soon discover a common dark force that connects them all...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of Home Comforts comes the story of our wedding vows--what they mean and why they still matter. In the West, marrying is so thoroughly identified with ceremonial promises that "taking vows" is a synonym for getting married. So, it's a surprise to realize that this custom is actually a historical and anthropological oddity. Most of the world, for most of history, married without making promises. And there's a reason for...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
"An intimate and candid account of one of the most romantic and revolutionary of relationships: divorce. Divorce was everything for Haley Mlotek. As a child, she listened to her twice-divorced grandmother tell stories about her "husbands." As a pre-teen, she answered the phones for her mother's mediation and marriage counseling practice and typed out the paperwork for couples in the process of leaving each other. She grew up with the sense that divorce...
11) The widow
Author
Series
Kate Waters novels (Fiona Barton) volume 1
Language
English
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"Following the twists and turns of an unimaginable crime, The Widow is an electrifying debut thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife. There's a lot Jean hasn't said over the years about the crime her husband was suspected of committing. She was too busy being the perfect wife, standing by her man while living with the accusing glares and the anonymous harassment. Now her husband is dead, and there's...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A very practical marriage makes Alexander Westcott question his heart in the latest Regency romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Someone to Hold. When Alexander Westcott becomes the new Earl of Riverdale, he inherits a title he never wanted and a failing country estate he cant afford. But he fully intends to do everything in his power to undo years of neglect and give the people who depend on him a better life. . . . A recluse for...
Series
Publisher
Warner Archive
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Three rarely seen early Lucille Ball comedies. Go chase yourself: After bank robbers use her husband's camper, Carol Meeley sets out to prove her hubby is too stupid to commit a crime. Next time I marry: In order to claim her inheritance, heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming must marry a "plain American Joe." So, she does what any self-respecting debutante would do-she hires a husband. Look who's laughing: Fibber McGee tries to entice an airplane manufacturer...
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to small town Connecticut, a place whose inhabitants seem to have it all-the status, the homes, the money, and the ennui. There's Tripp and Virginia, beloved hosts whom the community idolizes, and whose basement hides among other things a secret stash of guns and a drastic plan to survive the end times. There's Gunter and Rachel, recent transplants who left New York City to raise their children, only to feel imprisoned by the banality of...
15) Fool's errand
Author
Series
Tawny man volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
For fifteen years FitzChivalry Farseer has lived in self-imposed exile, assumed to be dead by almost all who once cared about him. But now, into his isolated life, visitors begin to arrive: Fitz's mentor from his assassin days; a hedge-witch who foresees the return of a long-lost love; and the Fool, the former White Prophet, who beckons Fitz to fulfill his destiny. Then comes the summons he cannot ignore. Prince Dutiful, the young heir to the Farseer...
Author
Publisher
Maxwell Macmillan International
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Edith Wharton was an American novelist, poet and short story writer whose works display her mastery over the realistic fiction genre. In 1922, two years after winning the Pulitzer Prize for "The Age of Innocence", Wharton wrote "The Glimpses of the Moon". The novel centered around two young newlyweds, who arranged their marriage in order to take advantage of their wealthy friends' generosity. However, things do not end quite as they planned when they...
Author
Series
Hot and hammered volume 2
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Rosie and Dominic Vega are the perfect couple: high school sweethearts, best friends, madly in love. Well, they used to be anyway. Now Rosie's lucky to get a caveman grunt from the ex-soldier every time she walks in the door. Dom is faithful and a great provider, but the man she fell in love with ten years ago is nowhere to be found. When her girlfriends encourage Rosie to demand more out of life and pursue her dream of opening a restaurant, she decides...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In an unforgettable debut, Lisa Berne introduces you to the Penhallow Dynasty-men destined to marry, but hesitant to love Wealthy and arrogant, Gabriel Penhallow knows it's time to fulfill his dynastic duty. All he must do is follow The Penhallow Way -find a biddable bride, produce an heir and a spare, and then live separate lives. It's worked so well for generations, certainly one kiss with the delectable Livia Stuart isn't going to change things....
19) Leather & lark
Author
Series
Ruinous love trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his boss's biggest client, Lachlan knows he'll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to hunt down a killer and she'll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first. And they can't stand each...
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